The White House said Trump decided to disband the commission because several states failed to hand over voter information.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that “rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense,” Trump signed an executive order abolishing the panel and turning the matter over to the Department of Homeland Security.

King said he doesn't know what the committee was "supposed to accomplish," adding that he has been "frustrated for a while."

"If we're going to go down the road of studying issues, let's do it right. Don't just spend a whole lot of taxpayer money ... if we're not going to do it right, let's not just do it at all," he said.

King, who also serves as the chief election officer for Jefferson County, said in a report in September that he hoped the commission would focus on "real election issues" facing the country, such as the "alleged 'hacking' by the Russians, instead of spending precious time focusing on non-issues to deprive American citizens from voting."